Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-14
MORE RAILROAD FIGURING.
The Latest Move OF the Pennsylvania
Central to get TO the Mississippf--
Local Action The Quincy and Rock
Island Road

Local Action Quincy and Roch
Island Road
During the past week number Of
secret conferences have been held IN RocE
Island, and while there was much i'm
portance attached to the meetings. it was
deemed best to keep the proceedings Out
of the papers The ARGUS was fully cog
infant of all that was going on in these
meetings and believing that the Rock ISL
and representatives were sincere in their
efforts to do something looking to the
good Of the town, said nothing Of
them. Last evening, however, a
meeting was to have been held at Mr.
Ferguson's Office at which all things were
to be settled and put in shape for publ
cation. Bat the meeting was not held.
Only three persons were enthusiastic
enough to be present Yesterday the plans
were revealed to Moline paper. The
subjects discussed are of as much interest
to the people of Moline and Muscatine
as to Rock Island, and Mayor Goble and
others of Muscatine were in attend>
ance upon all the meetings held at the
Harper house last week.
Some time ago there was incorporated
in Illinois company for the building of
a line of railway from Hammond, Ind .,
to the Mississippi river, the objective
point being Kansas City, Mo, and the
capital stock S10000,000. The incorpo-
rators were mostly Pennsylvania railway
people, thus creating the impression that
the new company was the progeny of
that corporation, begotten to extend its
lines into the southwest
The new company proposes to locate
its line within the next sixty days, and
Muscatine people are anxious not only to
secure the road, but at the same time a
combination railroad and wagon bridge
at that point. So much interested were
the Muscatine people that they sent May
or Goble, Mr.. Stein and two other prom,
incnt Muscatiners to Chicago TO confer
with the lncorporatOrs of the new COM
pany. In Chicago the committee as
certained that while the line had not
been located, 1t had been mapped out
TO cross the Mississippi at Campbell's
island near Waterfowl. and to go
down the river thence through Daven-
port and Muscatine OF course new COM
panies always have knack of mapping
themselves across the river at small towns
and see what inducements larger towns
will give to attract them away from their
first intentions Muscatine found out
it would take inducements to bring the
new railway down on this side of the
river to point IN Drury township oppos
site Muscatine and to bridge the river
there. And MusCstine. naturally enough,
made up her mind that Moline and Rock
Island were interested in having the line
90 down on this side Hence the meet
ings but what will come of them remains
to be seen. A committee will probably
be sent to Chicago to investigate further.
The road talked of is no doubt an i'm
portant one, and from all appearances Is
simply the PenDsy lvania Central looking
out for business west of its present west,
ern terminus.
A meeting of the directors of the Q1in-
cy & Rock Island railroad was held at
Warsaw the other day, and the principal
business was the election of officers. the
following being cho SEN
President-C. H Deere, Moline
Vice President-James H Bishop,
Quincy.
Treasurer-W iliam Hill, Warsaw
Secretary-Samucl Gray, Hamilton
1t Is presumed, though not stated by
any of the officers, that the line will use
the levee system. This idea of using
what is now, for the greater part of the
distance between Quincy and Warsaw,
nearly enough of a road bed has come to
be considered practicable.